Gentlemen, if you really want to discuss circumcision, why don't you start a thread on that topic? To compare circumscision to FGM is outrageous! To declare that they are comparable is disgusting!
If they were comparable, boys of about 11 or 12 would be one day grabbed on the street by family and friends, have their pants pulled down, on the street, and then someone (a father or a male relative) would use a piece of glass or metal to cut off most of the penis. A few stitches might be taken to help stop the bleeding, which might also make urination impossible, depending upon where the stitches are made, in which case the stitches would have to be ripped out and reapplied in a few days. There is no medicine for infection, no pain medication no sanitary conditions and no sympathy of compassion. And when the times comes for his arranged marriage to be planned, the boy may be inspected by representatives of the girl's family to ensure that he will not be able to enjoy sex and therefore will be less inclined stray from the marital bed.
If that was how circumsicions were done, then, yes, cirssumcision and FGM would be comparable.
Guys, your penises are not at the center of the universe and they have nothing to do with the subject of FGM.
